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Marlin Sportster, Cabrio, Berlinetta and Roadster builds Enthused or Confused about your vintage Marlin build? Ask away here or show off your build.

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Old 26th May 2006, 17:29
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Got my reg number (F517 OTA) this week car now road legal but weather not great so not been to far in it yet hoping to get out in it over the bank holiday.
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Old 26th May 2006, 22:05
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Got my reg number (F517 OTA) this week car now road legal but weather not great so not been to far in it yet hoping to get out in it over the bank holiday.

Congratulations, well done !
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Old 26th May 2006, 22:14
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Well done go have some fun
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Old 10th July 2006, 17:55
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Question DVLA query

Just a quick question on the age related plate. Did you dismantle your donor yourself, so having all the original paperwork etc?

I have a donor pack from FAB with a sort of letter stating it all came from the same car and I have the reg number and an email from the BMW dealer showing the original details, reg number, engine number date of registration. It feels like these are a bit flaky to get an age related plate but anyone care to stick their oar in!?

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Old 11th July 2006, 11:32
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Do you have the V5? I bought a car with the V5 and made sure the engine number and chassis number matched up, so hopefully I wont have any problems.

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Old 11th July 2006, 13:11
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Unfortunately I haven't - I had a donor pack from FAb and they don't provide V5's. They don''t get them either as the cars they have are writeoffs...
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Old 11th July 2006, 17:56
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My donor came from FAB I had to supply the reciepts from them and a letter from BMW with the age of the engine on it. Without both of these you get a Q plate. You will also need to have a MOT done before they will register it.
Send BMW a email "Customer.Information@bmwfin.com" give them the engine number and if you have it the last 7 digits of chassis number(FAB Gave this to me) They will then send you a letter with manufacture & first registered date.
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Old 11th July 2006, 19:18
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Thanks Stuart, thats exactly what I wanted to hear!

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Old 13th July 2006, 21:07
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Stuart, what mirrors did you have on for the test? I want to put bullet mirrors on ours but have been told these dont pass.
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Old 13th July 2006, 21:44
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I had fitted a pair of stainless mirrors supplied through Marlin. I was gonig to sell them on after the test but after fitting bullet mirrors and not being able to see anything behind with them I decided to refit the Marlin supplied ones. So i now have a pair of bullet mirrors up for grabs any offers anyone?
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Old 13th July 2006, 21:46
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Thanks Stuart How much were the ones from Marlin? I see a potential business opportunity - rent a mirror.com
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Old 14th July 2006, 08:56
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Not cheap is the answer to this.
STAINLESS STEEL MIRRORS - (ea) £18.99
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Not cheap is the answer to this.
STAINLESS STEEL MIRRORS - (ea) £18.99
Ouch!! Need to find a set that are not more than 5 or 10 each - will have to have a chat with svc/europaspare etc and see what they have. The bullet mirrors I've got on order are with convex glass so I hope there will be enough rear visibility with those.
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Old 14th July 2006, 15:53
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I couldnt get the passenger side to show anything usefull not enough movement on the mirror, drivers side was just about useable I only swapped back because of the lack of vision. I do hope your fitting a interior mirror as well as this is required for SVA.
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Old 14th July 2006, 17:12
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I couldnt get the passenger side to show anything usefull not enough movement on the mirror, drivers side was just about useable I only swapped back because of the lack of vision. I do hope your fitting a interior mirror as well as this is required for SVA.
Yup, going to get an interior mirror, just not ordered it yet
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